dutiful : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dutiful	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dutiful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dutiful adj willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife"; Synonym(s): dutiful, duteous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dutiful \Du"tiful\, a. 1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful* son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject. 2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection. Syn: Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant. -- {Du"tifully}, adv. -- {Du"tifulness}, n.